23 May 2013 Last updated at 03:08 ET

Boy, 2, has surgery after dog attack

A two-year-old boy has surgery on his face after he was attacked by a family dog near Carlisle, Cumbria Police say.

Jane ArchboldSon jailed for smothering mother, 77

A Cumbrian man who smothered his mother to death and then claimed she told him to kill her is jailed.

Piotr KulinskiPair guilty of murdering Polish man

Two men are found guilty of murdering a Polish factory worker who was stabbed to death outside his Carlisle home.

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Who controlled guns in Durham?

17:54 UK time, Monday, 11 March 2013

Inside Out catalogued failures in gun control in County Durham - who was in control?

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